The reality of failure may lead us to even greater risks of failure if we don’t

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Apr 9, 2020
2:10:46pm

Refugee Playmaker

face this with a balanced front. There’s validity on both sides of this argument.

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Refugee

Previous username: SoutheastIdaCoug
Bio page: Refugee
Joined: Sep 6, 2016
Last login: Apr 26, 2024
Total posts: 7,086 (113 FO)

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Please don’t shoot the messenger. I have no skin in the game one way or another,

Refugee

4/9/20 12:59pm

It's Fox News. Is anybody else giving this guy a whif? If not, there's your answ

BlooGeek

4/9/20 1:01pm

He looks pensive, concerned, and is well-dressed...I believe him.

4th and Niner

4/9/20 1:02pm

None of you above have even had time to read it...yet you comment...

Refugee

4/9/20 1:03pm

it was posted earlier today

BlueFrog

4/9/20 1:04pm

Well I guess I’m a hack then...

Refugee

4/9/20 1:05pm

just a reason how some responded quickly

BlueFrog

4/9/20 1:07pm

Maybe...or they got Fox News triggered...

Refugee

4/9/20 1:08pm

Not for the group that responded so quickly

boogers

4/9/20 1:09pm

I just got done reading it. He probably has a valid point. Especially his data

BYUMizzou

4/9/20 1:06pm

Interesting so how many deaths have been avoided in OH

Troy McClure

4/9/20 1:27pm

I posted this earlier, but I must be on ignore...also...this will get moved to

boogers

4/9/20 1:05pm

fn;dr (Fox News; didn’t read)

CallingDingo

4/9/20 1:08pm

I think other news sources are worse, but I still listen to keep as informed as

Refugee

4/9/20 1:12pm

You only access news from...?

Benfica1

4/9/20 1:54pm

So appeal to authority as a former NYT Reporter

coolcats

4/9/20 1:11pm

Nothing. I’ve never heard of him before. Empirical evidence seems to be

Refugee

4/9/20 1:14pm

List this "empirical evidence" that corroborates him. Tia.

Troy McClure

4/9/20 1:25pm

For one, hospitals in most areas are far less occupied than expected...and that

Refugee

4/9/20 2:16pm

Great. Can you list the empirical studies on that by state?

Troy McClure

4/9/20 3:22pm

And what then? If I was able to supply you with that it wouldn’t be empirical

Refugee

4/9/20 6:42pm

Empirical data is not anecdotal data. You're stating this guys claims are being

Troy McClure

4/9/20 7:17pm

He says the UK model of 20k dead is wrong

Troy McClure

4/9/20 1:19pm

Also no mention of Sweden, Finland and other neighbors

Troy McClure

4/9/20 1:24pm

What is his alternate strategy? We could find one that was not "do nothing."

ReyOso

4/9/20 1:22pm

Doesn’t seem like he’s saying do nothing, just that the models are built

Refugee

4/9/20 1:35pm

The virus IS going to spread everywhere regardless of how aggressively we social

BYUMizzou

4/9/20 1:45pm

It's criminal how nobody understands this point. They just act like

Northwest Cougar

4/9/20 1:54pm

They lie to us because they don't trust our reactions.

ReyOso

4/9/20 2:00pm

Isn't it at least possible that another possible scenario is that we're dealing

BlooGeek

4/9/20 2:13pm

I agree with that. It doesn't necessarily contradict what I said.

ReyOso

4/9/20 2:26pm

The virus won't spread everywhere but it will for sure spread farther.

Troy McClure

4/9/20 1:58pm

The key takeaway

ABCoug

4/9/20 1:54pm

The pandemic is a pressure cooker with an unknown capability to contain steam.

ReyOso

4/9/20 2:03pm

The reality of failure may lead us to even greater risks of failure if we don’t

Refugee

4/9/20 2:10pm

We're in dangerous waters any way you look at it.

ReyOso

4/9/20 2:26pm

That should be the discussion state by state depending on their

Troy McClure

4/9/20 2:03pm

Not only state by state, but county by county, community by community.

Refugee

4/9/20 2:12pm

The other is the politicians (ie governors) have wrecked the economy and if they

BYU Grounds

4/9/20 2:30pm

I guess we know the real identity of CSoul now...

COCoug

4/9/20 2:26pm

He is a former NY Times writer, he also wrote some great fiction books in the...

BYU Grounds

4/9/20 2:28pm

I kind of get the same sense as this author. Although I haven't been studying

JmThms

4/9/20 3:29pm

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